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The Tip is 'Teach Grandchildren' One day, while I was on the Made In America Secrets site my granddaughter noticed and asked me what I was doing. I told her about the Big Secret and as I explained, she began to ask me more questions. After several minutes she left my office to play with her little sister. Months had gone by and until recently, I had forgotten about that moment. She was visiting again and I was talking to her about buying a custom printed T-Shirt. She immediately told me about a website that I could use to buy one. Wow I thought, she is only eight years old and already teaching me. The most amazing thing then happened, she said "Pops they sell Made In America T-Shirts". Thanks to her I purchased six custom Made In USA T-Shirts. Her name is Britton, she understands the Big Secret and I love it when she tells me her Little Secrets! Now she is ten and writing a screenplay called Mertastic. It is a story about a mermaid. Recently, she was visiting our house again and using my computer. She called me to come into my office and of course I came to her because that is what grandparents love to do. One of the reasons I love to be with her is because it is always interesting to see what she is up to. This time, she needed a mermaid tail for her movie, so we began to look around using Google. Her mother is a talented seamstress and will make the tail so we were looking for fabric that would be satisfy my granddaughter's vision of her mermaid tail. Once again we began to talk about Made in America and therefore started to investigate the country of origin of the fabrics she was considering. Because of that experience Made in USA fabric is now one of Made in America Secrets products. Thank you, Britton. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Saladmaster Saladmaster was established in 1946. However, the company began operation on January 5, 1947, in the home of Harry Lemmons. With a capital of $9,000, Mr. Lemmons purchased office equipment, inventory, and sales prizes. When the company began, the inventory consisted of one product ? the Saladmaster Machine. Today the Saladmaster Machine is world renown. Saladmaster began with three salesman and ended its first year with a total of 100 distributors. Saladmaster's growth forced Mr. Lemmons to move from his home to a larger facility at 4503 Worth Street in Dallas, Texas, where he operated for the next two years. Saladmaster continued to grow and in 1949, Mr. Lemmons invested $50,000 in a new building located at 131 Howell Street, Dallas, Texas. The company remained there for the next 43 years. At the national convention in 1950, Mr. Lemmons introduced another exclusive product to his sales force, Mirror Masterbuilt Aluminum Cookware. This set included the exclusive vapo-valve in the covers. Stainless Steel Cookware was not available at that time. Mr. Lemmons was featured in the Wall Street Journal. In 1952, Saladmaster introduced 18-8 (3 ply) Stainless Steel Cookware, and from that point, sales continued to escalate. Other exclusive premiums were Bavarian China, Leaded Crystal, Stainless Flatware, and Stainless Cutlery with chrome-plated handles. In the 1970's, Saladmaster was listed among the Texas top 100 corporations. In 1979, Regal Ware, Inc., acquired Saladmaster because they believed Saladmaster had the potential to be the leader in the cookware industry. In 1982, Saladmaster introduced T-304 (5 ply) Surgical Stainless Steel Cookware. Sales continued to grow and by 1992, Saladmaster was experiencing significant growing pains and literally was bursting at the seams for warehouse space to store product and to house employees. Due to the size of warehouse space needed, it was difficult to find a facility in the Dallas metropolitan area that was suitable for Saladmaster. Therefore, Saladmaster relocated to Arlington, Texas between two major cities, Dallas and Fort Worth, which was equally convenient to the airport. In 1994, Saladmaster introduced T-304/316L (7 ply) Surgical Stainless Steel Cookware. Saladmaster ended 1994 with the best year in the history of the company. In 2001, Saladmaster once again broke away from conventional cooking equipment with Versa Tec. This ushered in an era of the Complete Kitchen System. With consistency in performance and design a new name emerged in 2007 - Saladmaster Solutions XP-7. In February 2008, Saladmaster introduced the world to Saladmaster 316Ti - Titanium Stainless Steel Cookware. Saladmaster is the only cookware company in the world to offer products made of 316Ti steel made in steel mills in the U.S. and Switzerland. It's clean, pure and safe. Today, Saladmaster flourishes with a plan of direction and a sales force that is enthusiastic, motivated, and believes in its products. Our current Solutions Line offers customers the most beneficial solution to all their food preparation needs. Saladmaster is actively moving forward with investment in research and the latest technology to deliver the next generation of cookware. |
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